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101 " No es necesario tener nada en qué creer. Basta con creer que en algún sitio hay algo digno de creer en ello. "
― Alfred Bester , The Stars My Destination
102 " «-Pelearé.-¿Contra quién?-No lo sé... pero pelearé. Caeré peleando, y no pienso caer» "
― Alfred Bester , The Rat Race
103 " «—No, no. No lo entiendes. Nadie quiere ser ganado. Queremos ser deseados, necesitados» "
104 " «—No pasa nada querido –susurro Gabby – No tengas miedo. Estas acostumbrado a arrebatar las cosas, eso es todo. Nadie te dio nunca nada» "
105 " «—Te encanta, ¿no es cierto? Amenazas... Pandillas... Maleantes... La vida de la cloaca.—Es la gente, Jake. Es la vida. Es mi negocio» "
106 " «Hay otra cosa que aprendes cuando recorres el mundo. Existe una distinción de clases en todas las cosas. La gente ama a los de su propia clase y odia a los de su propia clase. Los chacales odian a los chacales, no se atreverían a odiar a un león» "
107 " «La vida es carácter. Carácter es conflicto. Conflicto es vida. Ese es el círculo vicioso en que todos estamos encerrados. También tú» "
108 " If there’s anything filthier than a religion-junkey, it’s a disease-bird. "
109 " Presteign took out a silver-mounted slab of crystal and handed it to Olivia. She touched it with her fingertip; a black dot appeared. She moved her finger and the dot elongated into a line. "
110 " REPORTER: But what is teleportation?THOMPSON: The transportation of oneself from one locality to another by an effort of the mind alone.REPORTER: But how do we do it?THOMPSON: How do we think?REPORTER: With our minds.THOMPSON: And how does the mind think? What is the thinking process? Exactly how do we remember, imagine, deduce, create? Exactly how do the brain cells operate?REPORTER: I don't know. Nobody knows.THOMPSON: And nobody knows exactly how we teleport either, but we know we can do it - just as we know that we can think. Have you ever heard of Descartes? He said: Cogito ergo sum. I think, therefore I am. We say: Cogito ergo jaunte. I think, therefore I jaunte. "
111 " Here were the somatic messages that fed the cauldron; cell reactions by the incredible billion, organic cries, the muted drone of muscletone, sensory sub-currents, blood-flow, the wavering superheterodyne of blood pH ... all whirling and churning in the balancing pattern that formed the girl's psyche. The never-ending make-and-break of synapses contributed a crackling hail of complex rhythms. Packed in the changing interstices were broken images, half-symbols, partial references ... The ionised nuclei of thought. "
― Alfred Bester , The Demolished Man
112 " no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we’re always licked by something from the inside. There’s no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves. "
113 " To jaunte it was necessary (among other things) to know exactly where you were, and where you were going, or you had no hope of arriving alive anywhere. "
114 " It was necessary for Yeovil to re-establish control or effect a compromise. "
115 " No war material has ever made that much difference.''No? I cite the fission bomb of 1945. I cite the Null-G anti-gravity installations of 2022. Talley's All-Field Radar Trip-Screen of 2194. Material can often make the difference, especially when there's the chance of the enemy getting it first. "
116 " Every child in the world imagines that its phantasy world is unique to itself. Psychiatry knows that the joys and terrors of private phantasies are a common heritage shared by all mankind. Our fears, guilts, terrors and shames could be interchanged, from one man to the next, and none would notice the difference. The therapy department at Combined Hospital had recorded thousands of emotional tapes and boiled them down to one all-inclusive all-terrifying performance in Nightmare Theatre. "
117 " The damnable frustration of revenge. Revenge is for dreams…never for reality. "
118 " The Sedative Garden atop the Therapy Building was a triumph of therapeutic planning. Every perspective, every color, every contour had been designed to placate hostility, soothe resistance, melt anger, evaporate hysteria, shore up melancholia and depression. "
119 " What's the use of the strongest chisel in the world if it doesn't have an edge? We've got to sharpen your wits, Gully. Got to educate you, man, is all. "
120 " Where is he now?''Sam Quatt's got him in tow.''I thought Sam retired from the rackets.''He did,' Jisbella said grimly. 'But he owes me a favor. He's minding Foyle. They're circulating on the jaunte to stay ahead of the cops. "